1 Livre

The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French Mandate institution — a concession granted to a private French bank, the Banque de Syrie et du Liban's predecessor, to manage currency across territories carved from the former Ottoman Empire after 1920. The 1 Livre denomination was the workhorse of daily commerce in a monetary system designed primarily to serve French colonial trade interests, with the Livre tied to the French franc rather than to any local economic logic.

Bradbury, Wilkinson produced plates of consistently high intaglio quality during this period, and their work for Mandate-era issues is generally among the more technically accomplished currency printing of the interwar Levant. Pick 8A is distinguished from the related 8 series by signature combination — a detail that matters considerably for attribution and is frequently overlooked.